RE: Telnet Hacker -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: RE: Telnet Hacker
From: Chris Bipes <chris.bipes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 20:11:11 +0000
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You should lock out their IP address at your firewall. Also do a reverse DNS lookup to see who the ISP is. Report the hacking to them. They may shut down the account. And no you cannot shut down a remote port. You exit program is already shutting down their connection attempts. That is great and the most you can really do from the iSeries.

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